Les Miserables

Synopsis: After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of t

Genre: Adventure, Drama, History

Director(s): Lewis Milestone

Actors: Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Edmund Gwenn

Production: Fox


IMDB:: 6.9

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: APPROVED
Year:: 1952
: 105 min
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Before we proceed...
will the accused explain
the presence of this family in the court?
They're the children of my friend,
Monsieur le Prsident.
Their mother gave me shelter
while I looked for work.
- Yes, well, get on with it.
- I'm sorry.
It's just that...
I knew how hungry they were.
When I saw them standing there,
looking at all that bread-
- They were starving, monsieur.
- Then you admit to the theft.
Yes, I do.
- I would have-
- The sentence is 1 0 years.
Ten years? It can't be.
You don't understand, monsieur.
Clear the court.
Bring in the next case.
Remove the evidence.
[ Lashes Landing ]
[ Thunderclap ]
[ Bangs ]
Double the beat to port, sir.
We're going on the rocks!
We're going on the rocks!
Double the beat to port!
[ Gong Banging ]
Back the port oars!
Back the port oars!
Back the port oars!
One!
Two!
- [ Gong Resumes Banging ]
- Three!
- We're going to wreck! We'll sink!
- Good! Then we'll get some rest!
Be quiet and pull your weight.
We're going to hit!
[ Men Shouting ]
- [ Groans ]
- Take off the chains!
We're sinking!
Unchain us!
[ Shouting Continues ]
[ Screaming ]
[ All Shouting, Screaming ]
Get those men back on the benches!
[ Officer ]
Guard.! Lift this beam up.!
- They'll never lift it.
- We need a jack.!
Jean, get down there.
That beam will crush him.
He's better dead.
I spend years educating this beast.
I teach him to read and write.
Now he answers me like this.
Get down.
Get down!
Stand aside. Stand aside.
We'll get it, Lieutenant.
There,Jean.
[ Grunting ]
Pull that man
out from under there!
- He's badly hurt, Lieutenant.
- Take his collar off. Can't you see the man's dying?
Take him aft.
Give him every comfort.
But don't touch the collar.
Regulations, LieutenantJavert?
Regulations.
Number 57 6, to be specific.
- He may die.
- No.
Oh.
Not regulation.
- They provide for everything.
- So they do!
Even to the number of lashes,
for instance.
Man that oar, Valjean.
Easy,Jean.
[ Wood Creaking ]
Man your oars!
We're sliding off!
Man your oars!
[ Banging Resumes ]
[ Man ]
No.! No.! No, Genflou.!
I didn't mean it.! Please, Genflou.!
Oh, don't, Genflou.!
- [ Genflou ] You misbegotten...
- [ Man Gagging ]
- son of Satan!
- Genflou!
So, one beating a day
is not enough.
- Attacking a fellow convict?
- It was a joke. Only a joke, Lieutenant.
Brevet didn't think so.
Did you, Brevet?
It was a joke, Lieutenant.
Yes, Lieutenant.
- I don't think so. Get back to work.
- Yes, sir.
And you- 1 0 lashes!
- Stay out,Jean.
- You don't seem to have
enough work to do, Valjean.
Be careful,Jean. He's trying to trick you.
You've only three more weeks.
I have no wish to shorten
or prolong the sentence.
My duty is to see
that he violates no rules.
You have, for which
you will receive 1 0 lashes.
Now get back to work.
LieutenantJavert.
Well?
Your father would not
have approved of this.
What has my father
got to do with it?
I happen to know that the old man who died
chained to the bench next to me...
was the lieutenant's father.
He was a fine man,
a good companion.
He was a fool, like you
and every other criminal.
He thought the laws
were made for someone else.
And if, as you say,
you knew him...
then you know I was born over there,
in the women's ward.
I was raised by the law,
and I know something of it.
It's hard, but it's wise andjust.
There can be
no compromise with it.
I only thought you might-
You thought to use
your knowledge against me.
That was not very clever.
Consider yourself lucky
I don't double your punishment.
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